Talk:British Rail Class 50
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[edit] Original Name
It says in the text that these were originally known in pre-TOPS days as 'English Electric Type 4'. Although they were indeed built by EE and were in the Type 4 power band, we only used that term for what later became Class 40 (or as we called it then 'Big D'). When we used to see D400-D449 being hammered up and down the West Coast Main Line in the early 70's, we just used to call them D400's. I think that use of the 'Hoover' nickname only really started when they were transferred to the GW main line.ChrisRed 08:59, 12 July 2007 (UTC)
